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NSAC Heads to the Rockies – A Summer Meeting Recap

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NSAC members had the opportunity to participate in plenary, breakout, and panel sessions around key campaign priorities including Climate and Agriculture, the Farm Safety Net, and Resilient Local and Regional Food Systems, engage in racial equity caucusing, and solidify commitments for grassroots action. In the Q&A portion, Rep.

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Keep It Rural: Drought in the High Plains

Daily Yonder

As has been documented in several previous editions of Keep it Rural, this winter, the West was doused with enough rain and snow to finally get California out of the drought that has haunted it for years. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture is the lifeblood of the High Plains. Farming in this region can’t just stop.